# VehDB MCP Server

Cars, motorcycles, boats and tire fitments. VIN-grade specs, fuel economy, recalls and fitment math. One dataset, three interfaces: search workspace, REST API and an MCP server for AI agents.

**Authorization required.** Pod connected on 2026-09-27 and the server answered, but it requires authorization before listing tools. The 12 tools below remain publisher-reported and unverified.

Categorised under [data-analytics](/mcp/for/data-analytics), [developer-tools](/mcp/for/developer-tools). Published by [vehdb.com](https://vehdb.com/).

## At a glance

**Available in:** `claude`, `claude-api`, `claude-code`, `claude-desktop`

**Documentation:** [Open docs](https://vehdb.com/docs)

## Status

Pod connected to VehDB on 2026-09-27. It answered, but requires authorization before it will list its tools, responding in 566ms.

### Why the tool list is not verified

VehDB refuses an anonymous `tools/list`, which is the correct thing for a server holding real user data to do. Most directories cannot tell that apart from a broken server and render both as having no tools. It is not broken — it is gated, and it answered us to say so.

## Tools

Its publisher lists 12 tools. Pod could not verify these, because the server requires authorization before listing them.

- `api_usage`
- `complaints_for_vehicle`
- `decode_vin`
- `get_vehicle`
- `model_year_scorecard`
- `my_lists`
- `recalls_for_vehicle`
- `resolve_vehicle`

<details>
<summary>Show all 12 publisher-reported tools</summary>

- `api_usage`
- `complaints_for_vehicle`
- `decode_vin`
- `get_vehicle`
- `model_year_scorecard`
- `my_lists`
- `recalls_for_vehicle`
- `resolve_vehicle`
- `search_vehicles`
- `tire_sizes_for_vehicle`
- `vehicle_insights`
- `vehicles_for_tire_size`

</details>

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://mcp.vehdb.com/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vehdb": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.vehdb.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used VehDB yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

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## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

<details>
<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find VehDB, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "VehDB",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=VehDB' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/vehdb.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/vehdb.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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